郷

See also: 鄕, 鄉, and 乡

郷	U+90F7, 郷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90F7

← 郶
[U+90F6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

郸 →
[U+90F8]

Translingual

Traditional	鄉
Simplified	乡
Japanese	郷
Korean	鄕

Han character

郷 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女竹日戈中 (VHAIL), composition ⿲乡⿲𠄌𫜹丶阝)

Derived characters

響, 饗

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1273, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39498
Dae Jaweon: page 1772, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3782, character 7
Unihan data for U+90F7

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 郷 – see 鄉 (“township; countryside; country; rural area; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鄉).

Japanese

Shinjitai	郷
Kyūjitai	鄕

Kanji

郷

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鄕)

Readings

Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: ごう (gō, Jōyō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
Kun: さと (sato, 郷)
Nanori: くに (kuni)、こう (kō)、みさと (misato)

Compounds

郷(きょう)里(り) (kyōri, “one's old home”)
郷(きょう)土(ど) (kyōdo, “one's birthplace”)
郷(きょう)愁(しゅう) (kyōshū, “homesickness, nostalgia”)
故(こ)郷(きょう) (kokyō, “hometown, birthplace”)
帰(き)郷(きょう) (kikyō, “homecoming”)
愛(あい)郷(きょう)心(しん) (aikyōshin, “love of one's hometown”)
同(どう)郷(きょう)人(じん) (dōkyōjin, “person from the same province”)
本(ほん)郷(ごう) (hongō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
郷
きょう Grade: 6
kan'on

Alternative spelling
鄕 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょー [kyóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ː]

Noun

郷(きょう) • (kyō) ^{←きやう (kyau)^?}

hometown

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
郷
ごう Grade: 6
kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
鄕 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごー [góꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ː]

Noun

郷(ごう) • (gō) ^{←がう (gau)^?}

country home, village, countryside, township

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
郷
さと Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鄕 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 郷 – see the following entry.

【里さと】2

[noun] 郷: a village

[noun] a country house

[noun] 郷: one's hometown

[noun] the country, countryside

[noun] the original home of a household member (such as a wife, adoptee, or other person who has joined the household from outside)

[noun] a separate home or boarding situation to which one's own children are sent for upbringing or education

[noun] a red-light district

[noun] one's birth, parentage, origins

[noun] (slang, red-light district) boorishness, hickishness

[noun] the lay world (as opposed to life within a temple)

[adjective] (slang, red-light district) boorish, hickish

[proper noun] a placename

[proper noun] a surname

[proper noun] a female given name

(This term, 郷, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

郷 • (hyang) (hangeul 향, revised hyang, McCune–Reischauer hyang, Yale hyang)

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